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Sales at Tesco grew by 2.6 percent in the last 12 weeks but all of Britain’s four biggest supermarkets had lost market share to Aldi and Lidl, according to data from research group Kantar Worldpanel.

Tesco has a 28 percent share of the British grocery market. Aldi’s sales increased by 16.2 percent and Lidl’s by 16.3 percent, boosting their respective market shares to 6.9 percent and 5 percent.

Tesco has tightened its hold on the nation’s food market after the competition regulator last month cleared its £3.7 billion ($4.95 billion) takeover of wholesaler Booker.

Following an accounting scandal in 2014, Chief Executive Dave Lewis’s strategy to rebuild the supermarket group has been based on increasing food sales.

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Tesco will work with Boston Consulting Group to finalise all details on its new stores

He will merge Tesco with Booker to create the retail mammoth with sales of more than £60 billion.

Tesco will work with Boston Consulting Group to finalise all details on its new stores.

Their new budget stores could offer at least 3000 products - much free than the 30,000 products of offer in a typical Tesco Extra shop.

However, a Which? survey revealed that Tesco had alot to do to woo back shoppers after Budget retailer Aldi took the top spot in an annual supermarket satisfaction survey, whilst Tesco only managed to be voted sixth for their stores and online shopping experiences.

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Lidl’s sales increased by 16.3 percent, boosting its market shares

Aldi was placed first in the in-store category in the survey of 6,800 shoppers who were asked about their experience of shopping for groceries both in-store and at online supermarkets over the previous six months.

Matthew Barnes, chief executive, UK and Ireland at Aldi, said: “We’re over the moon to be named the best supermarket in the Which? annual customer satisfaction survey voted for by UK shoppers.

“At Aldi, we’re proud to offer fantastic quality products at amazing prices and to be named the UK’s favourite supermarket shows just how much we are resonating with shoppers.”